#B52E2C#B52E2C

#B52E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.172 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B52E2C
RGB	rgb(181, 46, 44)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 53.44, 34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 63.49, 32.68°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1543 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.172 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4901, 11.9628, 3.6125)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B52E2C #2CB3B5

analogous

#B52C6F #B52E2C #B5732C

triadic

#B52E2C #2CB52E #2E2CB5

tetradic

#B52E2C #6FB52C #2CB3B5 #732CB5

square

#B52E2C #6FB52C #2CB3B5 #732CB5

split-complementary

#B52E2C #2CB573 #2C6FB5

monochromatic

#531514 #842120 #B52E2C #D34D4B #DF7E7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#B52E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B52E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B52E2C

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B52E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B52E2C	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b52e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 46, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.172 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47166',
    500: '#b52e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b52e2c;
$custom-light: #d47166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b52e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.876,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51334,
    "c": 0.17221,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B52E2C

secondary

#75C6C8

accent

#E2E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B52E2C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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